New Spring skate park nearly complete
10-acre recreation facility also includes park for special needs children named in honor of local boy
Two new parks on Kuykendahl and Rankin roads will open in July.
The 10- acre Greenspoint Spring Recreation Area will feature a park designed for special-needs children on one side and the largest skateboard park in the nation on the other.
The special-needs park will be named Dylan Park in honor of a local child who was severely injured and later died from child abuse, according to the Greenspoint District website.
The park will have areas designed to engage children who are sight-impaired, hearing-impaired, autistic or wheelchairbound.
The completely fencedin park is located on Kuykendahl Road just south of the Rankin intersection. It will include open grassy areas for unstructured play, plus walking trails and a community center.
The 72,000-square-foot skate park will include a competition-scale Texas bowl featuring a full pipe, a 12-foot vertical ramp, a 10-foot bowl, banked walls and speed hips, according to the organization’s website.
The site also will have backyard-style pools and three flow bowls.
A section designed to emulate the street-skating experience will have ledges, rails, benches, banks, quarter pipes and stair obstacles.
Sally Bradford, executive director of the Greater Greenspoint Redevelopment Authority, said Dylan Park will open to thepublic July 24 and the skate park will open July 28.
Shops opening along Kuykendahl Road
Several businesses in the area also will be opening this summer, including Tone Zone, which is moving to its new home at 18407 Kuykendahl Road just south of Louetta. Time Zone is expected to open in early August. The relocation will allow the fitness center to add an additional 1,200 square feet of space, according to a company representative.
Anytime Fitness opened a new 24-hour center last month at 20635 Kuykendahl, just south of FM 2920. The co-ed fitness facility features a variety of workout equipment, exercise classes, tanning and a fitness center that allows customers to view fitness classes on video.
Natural Pawz, a Houston-based pet store, opened a new location at 24732 Kuykendahl Road in the Londonderry area north of Rayford Road Saturday. The pet store chain now has more than adozen locations in the greater Houston area, all of which sell all-natural food and treats for cats and dogs.
Restaurants coming to Cypress Creek Parkway
New restaurants along Cypress Creek Parkway are opening their doors to hungry customers this summer. Smoothie King recently opened a new location on Cypress Creek Parkway near Veterans Memorial Drive.
A Panda Express loca- tion near TC Jester Boulevard is set to open this summer, according to a company representative. The store, which will sell a variety of Chinese dishes, will be the third location along Cypress Creek Parkway in Spring.
Storage business planned for ex-grocery
Best Storage, a Texasbased storage and truck rental store, will open its seventh store on Cypress Creek Parkway at Kuykendahl.
The location, which once housed Randalls and Fiesta grocery stores, will serve as a storage facility equipped with packing supplies and also will have
trucks for daily rentals.
New home for Lightbulbs Unlimited
Lightbulbs Unlimited recently relocated from one building on Cypress Creek Parkway to another. The business offers a plethora of lighting products for commercial and residential use. The business has been operating since 1986, according to the company website.